[Monkei]

Does anyone use a nearby doctor who treats foot drop please.

Thanks

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Monkei

Does anyone use a nearby doctor who treats foot drop please.

Thanks

Can’t recommend a doctor as my foot drop was treated, and cured, up north. However, my advise would be to get an EMG test to pinpoint the cause of the nerve block causing the issue. Doctors seem to assume the cause is a pinched nerve in the lower back, and are quick to want to cut your back. The EMG test I had showed the perineal nerve running along the outside of my right knee was entrapped. I had a neurosurgeon at Brigham and Women’s in Boston release the entrapped nerve 14 years ago and the foot drop was totally cured. Whatever you do, do it fast. The longer the nerve is compromised, the less chance it will fully recover. Good luck, foot drop sucks.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Can’t recommend a doctor as my foot drop was treated, and cured, up north. However, my advise would be to get an EMG test to pinpoint the cause of the nerve block causing the issue. Doctors seem to assume the cause is a pinched nerve in the lower back, and are quick to want to cut your back. The EMG test I had showed the perineal nerve running along the outside of my right knee was entrapped. I had a neurosurgeon at Brigham and Women’s in Boston release the entrapped nerve 14 years ago and the foot drop was totally cured. Whatever you do, do it fast. The longer the nerve is compromised, the less chance it will fully recover. Good luck, foot drop sucks.

Excellent advice...

But just one nit to pick... It was the "peroneal" nerve, NOT the "perineal" nerve...

Huge difference... HUGE!

[PugMom]

i've had it for years, & dr's say it's a common result of a fusion. many have said it can be fixed without surgery, so far i haven't found anyone to really treat it, & end up living with it all these years

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Excellent advice...

But just one nit to pick... It was the "peroneal" nerve, NOT the "perineal" nerve...

Huge difference... HUGE!

Dam spellcheck changed it on me.